Rock paintings at Honnhammaren

At Honnhammaren on the eastern side of Tingvollfjorden in Møre og Romsdal, you'll find Norway's largest known concentration of rock carvings. The images are spread across 16 fields, showcasing geometric patterns, fish, big game animals, and unidentified animals. These paintings, directly applied onto the rock walls, are of a very rare type. The exact method used by the Stone Age people to create such durable colorings remains a mystery. These images likely predate the advent of agriculture, possibly being as old as 6,000 years or even older.

The carvings are split between two sites, Honnhammarneset and Hinna, about 500 meters apart. All figures are painted in red-yellow hues on nearly vertical rock faces facing the fjord. Narrow ledges lie in front of the panels, with the surrounding terrain steep and rugged. Collectively, these fields are considered one of Norway's largest sites of this kind. The northernmost field (Honnhammarneset) is located on a steep west-facing slope and exclusively depicts fish, while the southernmost site (Hinna) features deer and/or elk figures and some geometric shapes on a smaller south-facing rock surface.

Marked parking and trails lead to both locations. Information boards are set up, and a fence prevents visitors from falling off the steep and rugged terrain.